Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians · SOC 49-3051

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for motorboat mechanics and service technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 100 metro areas

Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Urban Honolulu, HI	$78,040	100	0.2
2	Barnstable Town, MA	$75,420	180	1.9
3	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$73,080	30	0.3
4	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$72,790	490	0.2
5	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$71,620	90	0.1
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$71,410	150	0.1
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$70,600	120	0.0
8	Tucson, AZ	$68,880	70	0.2
9	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$67,480	50	0.3
10	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$66,800	Not published	Not published
11	Anchorage, AK	$66,110	30	0.2
12	Bellingham, WA	$65,110	50	0.6
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$64,140	420	0.2
14	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$63,900	210	0.5
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$63,170	240	0.1
16	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$63,030	90	0.1
17	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$62,880	70	1.3
18	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$62,590	40	0.4
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$62,470	140	0.2
20	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$62,450	160	0.1
21	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$62,210	200	0.1
22	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$62,070	940	0.1
23	Portland-South Portland, ME	$61,640	140	0.5
24	Madison, WI	$61,290	60	0.1
25	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$61,030	120	0.9

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.